No, no. It's real, just make sure you keep the CE in the fridge so that the sausage wont rott/start to smell and ruin the whole package. This will be my third CE that i keep in the fridge, the freakiest one is the Left 4 Dead (360 version) CE that contains a _real_ severed finger! I kid you not.

Originally Posted by bemushroomed
Its a parody of the next CoD collectors ed (that contains nightvision googles) and if that didnt give it away as a joke, at least the sausage should.. im even a bit scared of the people that didnt get its a joke, i mean hello?!?! anyone home?? guess not..

The food agencies of the world will not allow real sausage to be packaged in a game box…

Eh, it depends. If it's more like a slim jim or other processed dehydrated meat stick that contains almost as much chemical preservative as actual food, then it probably wouldn't be a problem. I think in the US if something has a shelf life of over 2 years you don't even need to put an expiration date on it. I do think that part was a complete joke though. The video seems like a spoof since they didn't pull out some of the things that ARE listed as being in the box.

— "Mystery is important. To know everything, to know the whole truth, is dull. There is no magic in that. Magic is not knowing, magic is wondering about what and how and where." ~ Cortez, from The Longest Journey

Originally Posted by Squeek
OK, I see now. If it does turn out to be a hoax, then I guess I should feel foolish. I assumed it was real, obviously. Heck, a lot of the marketing and most of the other vids have been strange, so….

I'm inclined to think it's not a hoax. The box and the other props looked very real, and they're not out yet, AFAIK. That would mean that either someone's gone to extreme lengths to produce a convincing-looking fake box and then proceeded to make a pretty crappy video with a bad joke about it, or it originates from BioWare, officially or not. Could be a hoax hoax, tho…

Originally Posted by Prime Junta
I'm inclined to think it's not a hoax. The box and the other props looked very real

Give us an official link then and not just some random youtube clip that could've been made by anyone. Did Bioware just contact this dude on youtube and send him the trailer, i think not

I've seen plenty of fake boxes and fake unboxing, and this doesnt stand out as especially good. Wouldnt take too long to fake something like this since there are no close-ups and the movie quality (even in HD) is quite bad. The intro and outro is also in a widescreen format with black bars while the rest isnt, obviously just stolen from some other Dragon Age clip..

Originally Posted by bemushroomed
I've seen plenty of fake boxes and fake unboxing, and this doesnt stand out as especially good. Wouldnt take too long to fake something like this since there are no close-ups and the movie quality (even in HD) is quite bad. The intro and outro is also in a widescreen format with black bars while the rest isnt, obviously just stolen from some other Dragon Age clip..

Originally Posted by bemushroomed
Share a link to what? Fake boxes or unboxing? i think i've seen pictures of fake boxes in every thread (of a big game release) on Nforce. It's not something I bookmark lol.

I was thinking of photos or videos of fake boxes. Not just fake box art, or fake box designs — photos or videos of actual, physical fake boxes, with fake content.

Basically, the reason I think it's unlikely to be a third-party hoax is that the box and contents looked pretty real, and it would be a considerable amount of work to produce props that look that real, even on low-quality video — but the video work was crappy. Usually (like in your example), it's the other way around — minimal physical props, maximal digital manipulation. Therefore, I'm still inclined to think this originated from BioWare, and because BioWare would certainly find it easy to find out who made it, if it was unauthorized, I'm inclined to think it has their official sanction.

In any case, we'll have more evidence presently: if there is an actual Collector's Edition box that looks like the one in the video, with the contents shown in the video (minus the sausage), it's either from inside BioWare, or they mysteriously lost a box. (I find the latter somewhat unlikely, because they're usually very careful about stuff like that.)

Anyone with a printer and this machine that put plastic around boxes to make them look new (cant remember what they're called in english, they've become quite common in recent years and arent very expensive) could do that in an hour.

It would hardly be the first time, but if you're new to this phenomena for some reason, then i can understand you. I was also impressed the first time i saw it.

I'm sorry but i dont keep any links to fake box art, i dont find it that interesting, i just stumble on it all the time hehe, it should be quite easy to google though (maybe try google pictures instead of the regular google).

Originally Posted by bemushroomed
Anyone with a printer and this machine that put plastic around boxes to make them look new (cant remember what they're called in english, they've become quite common in recent years and arent very expensive) could do that in an hour.

It would hardly be the first time, but if you're new to this phenomena for some reason, then i can understand you. I was also impressed the first time i saw it.

Yup, this is the first one I've come across. If it's an actual phenomenon of sorts — people outdoing each other with fake boxes — then, yeah, it does make more sense, and it's much more likely that it is a genuine hoax. If no box like the one in the video turns up, then I'll consider the matter settled.

you'll find thousands of pictures if you google it. there's even a phenomen when people arent satisfied with the cover of a DVD or Bluray movie and they make their own and post it. I've seen plenty that looks much better than the original cover, there are many talented people out there that loves to show off their skills.

— “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)